It’s gonna take me by surprise, and I would laugh."
(Hammond and Poehler playedRegis PhilbinandKelly Ripatogether six times in the mid-2000s.)
They love seeing that."
Darrell Hammond as Regis Philbin and Amy Poehler as Kelly Ripa on ‘Saturday Night Live’.Mary Ellen Matthews/NBCUniversal via Getty
“Maya can do impressions, great impressions.
She can act she’s a great actress.
She can sing she’s a great singer.
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And she can dance I mean, she can really dance.
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Hammond said that it was difficult to wrap his head around his colleagues' talents.
There was the scene we did where she played the 50-year-old stripper and I was Tony Soprano.
We were at Bada Bing.
But once she had all that down, she could really let it all out of the gate.
And sometimes you sit in there and watch, [and say] ‘Well, damn.
Shannon’s abilities supercharged Studio 8H.
“SNLmakes a peculiar sound when everyone laughs at the same time,” he said.
“You know, it’s 275, 300 seats.
It sounds like 300 mason jars breaking.
I mean, that’s magic to me.
It sounds like magic.”
Hammond returned toSNLin 2014 as the announcer for the introduction, replacing Don Pardo after his death.
Listen to the full conversation between Hammond, Robach, and Holmes above.
